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Update Winter 2011

DRUG PRODUCT LIABILITY CASES

Charfoos & Christensen, P.C. is accepting referrals of drug product liability cases on a case by case basis.

 Darvocet and Darvon -- we are accepting Darvocet and Darvon cases where the patient sustained a heart arrhythmia requiring hospitalization, a myocardial infarct (MI), cardiac arrest or death in patients with no significant prior history of heart problems.

 Chantix -- is a drug intended to aid in smoking cassation, manufactured and marketed by Pfizer.  We are accepting cases of users of this drug who commit suicide, and who do not have a previous medical history of psychiatric problems including depression, suicide attempts, etc.

 Depakote -- is an anti-seizure drug sometimes given to pregnant women, manufactured by Abbott that has been associated with causing birth defects in the children born to women who take the drug during the first month of pregnancy.  The birth defects include cleft lips/pallets, limb reductions, etc.

 MEDICAL DEVICE CASES

Depuy Hip Implants - Involving the Pinnacle Implant-- where the patient has had to undergo a removal and replacement of the implant (a revision surgery).  We are accepting cases of anyone who has the ASR model implant regardless of whether it has been removed yet or not.

Zimmer Knee Implants -- the Nexgen line of knee replacements (whether or not they have been removed) involving tibial and femoral component models CR and LPS.

 

 

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